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Dismissed22 May 20266003169

Warren Farm, Townfield Lane, Mollington, Cheshire, CH1 6LB

Planning appeal 6003169 at Warren Farm, Townfield Lane, Mollington, Cheshire, CH1 6LB (Cheshire West and Chester) was dismissed on 22 May 2026 by Inspector Livingstone C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would consist of building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building.

prior approval for conversion of former agricultural barn to 3 no. residential dwellings (C3 use class) and associated building operations within the residential curtilage

Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Livingstone C
Postcode
CH1 6LB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the development would consist of building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building
  • whether the development had begun prior to the submission of an application for prior approval
  • whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to dwellinghouses

What decided it

The retention and conversion of the appeal building would be contrary to a condition imposed on a previous planning permission requiring the building's removal, which means the development does not comply with the GPDO and cannot constitute permitted development.

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